U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said food supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip were "very difficult" and the situation was "getting worse".

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He made the announcement in the Jordanian capital Amman after visiting a World Food Programme warehouse. Much of the food delivered is ready for consumption, as people find it difficult or not at all to prepare it under the current conditions. "This is the only way to effectively deliver what people need right now," he said.

Israel has put the Gaza Strip under siege following an October 7 terror attack by Hamas. This has dramatically worsened the already poor supply situation of approximately EUR 2.2 million. Residents. Almost all Gazans suffer from hunger or are displaced.

At least 113 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the past <> hours, the enclave's health ministry said.

According to a UN study, about 577,000 people, or 26% of Gazans, fall into the worst category of famine. In the rest of the world, there are 129,000 people in a similar situation.

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